Not nearly as good or impactful as their debut, Doze showcases the ability of Delay Trees to
build up ideas slowly. Sadly, some of these ideas arent given the chance to finish and abruptly
just kinda end

Instead of trying to recreate their debut album, Two door Cinema Club decided to refine their
sound to something that will be much more lasting in the long term. Several big highlights on this
one, but lacking that one big pop single

Wanted to wait to hear this one before making this list, which was a good call. Some of the best pop rap (by
my standards) songs of the year are on this record, which has a feature from just about everyone imaginable
(UGK, Wavves, ASAP, Phantogram?). That said the album isnt very cohesive, and has a underwhelming
ending

I think I might be in the 'Japandriods is the last true rock band' group. Seriously though- just two
guys, a guitar, and a drum kit create all this energy. This album isn't flawless, but it is really fucking
good.

These last two were very difficult to compare. If I could give two number one spots I would, but ended up going
with Frank's because while Good Kid mAAd City gives you a front row seat to Kendrick's youth, Channel Orange
gives you the full experience of living the events in each song

So there it is. My top list for 2012. The biggest difference from last year is that this year there were
two masterpieces (instead of 5 really good albums) that will likely be in similar places at the decade end
list.